Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-10-07

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"Dead!n murmured Roger, with move
ment of despair,
not dead. tI UELt
ale still lives, said NJ, Lacrolx. ave may
yet save him"
ale will die within 1--WE minutes said Piv-
olot
"speakl speak," said NJ. Do Lgnerclles,
sin the name of God, before whom you must
soon appear"
Leaning over tho form of Luversan, hardly
breathing, Roger listened.
II killed Larouette. and Laroquo Is limo
cent. did it for vengeance, but l am not
the only guilty one; had an accomplish"
r And hero tho feeble voice stopped, and Luz
yersan was dead
allow dare I ask your forgiyenessP said
NJ. IAcroix, with emotion.
aAnd II said AZ. de Lignerollcs, shave
much TO atone for, and, please God, Will at
least be the means of restoring your good
and honorable name
1All is forgiven said Roger, 3You
thought You were doing your duty. All ask
Is tho restoration OF my good name, for my
childs sake. Alasl you cannot restore my
poor, broken-hearted wife"
While they were talking Tristot stepped to
the window to wipe his eyes, and as ho
looked out they wandered mechanically to-
wards that little balcony where the unhappy
vounr mother saw the fearful sight disclosed
in Larouettes house. He thought he saw
something lying upon the balcony whero the
Young mother and child had stood on that
fatal night ten years before. The moon
shone through rift in the waving branches
of the chestnut trees, and Tristot felt sure
that he saw the white, upturned face Of
woman. and in that one brief moment ho
Thought it looked Hike chat OF the unhappy
woman whose death was 90 deplorable.
He did not believe In ghosts or tho re-
embodiment Of spirits, or he would have
been afraid; as it was he gave half articu-
late cry and sprang through the open win
dow md from there to the ground, some six
or seven feet, and in an instant was speeding
aeroSs the lawn that Roger had newly trim
med and restored to its former beauty, for it
grieyed him to the heart TO see the place
which WINS sacred to him by thousand en-
deariug memories so neglected and forgotten.
Tristot, in a few leaps, Ind crossed tho little
space and with the agility Of monkey he
climbed up ono OF the columns which sup
ported the balcony, and when there he found
the inanimate body OF the poor young wife
who had been supposed dead so many years
Assoon as he satisfied himself that Henri
cite was not dead he gave peculiar whistle,
which caused Pivolot to suddenly turn to the
window. MS II 1t were a sign which he well
knew, and he answered it by jumping incon-
tinently out upon the sward and rushing to
Tristot, who said in q whisper:
airing the rest and lights quick and take
care Laroque Is kept away from this woman
until l give the signal. II am not greatly
mistaken it il the lost wife"
The three men who had remained by the
side of tho dead ASSASSIN heard Pivolot as he
called. and he told them to bring lights and
come with all possible speed to Villa Mon
tnlais. where something remarkable had
taken place. 1t was only then that they all
| remembered the awful wailing cry they had
heard. and they looked at each other in hor-
rifed silence, but NJ. Lacroix seized q lamp
and shading it with his hat ran down the
stairs. followed by Roger and NJ. De Lgne-
ROLES and they hurried across to the front
door which Roger opened with the key he
had obtained from the agent from whom he
had rented his own house, as he had not dared
claim its possession in the name Of Suzanne,
| WHO WI llh OoOclloiDAO DNASA'
They went up the stairs, Pivolot cautioning
them against making noise, and when they
reached the parlor they found that Tristot
had slready borne the body OF Henrietta to
her own room, with a memory for places
that would have been remarkable in any one
but himself. As soon as he received the light
he made n sign for NJ. LAcroix to follow him,
| aud ho only was permitted 10 enter the room
Instantly be recognized the pale face lying
upon the pillows, apparently without lie or
motion, rs that Of Nine. Laroque, whom he
l,nsl so numerically tortured, and whose pres
eucs was mystery beyond his power to solve
NJ. Lacroix went back again, and as he
tried to speak be burst into such passion Of
penitent tears that every one was moved
Then be said, recovering himself:
"Pivolot, you ore something OF doctor.
For Gods sake do something for that poor
creature; and, Tristot, go for the doctor, and
n you zee a woman anywhere bring her here.
If not, 20 for Mother Dondaine, and don't lei
tho grass grow till you bring some one.
IN De Lignerolles, you and l may have
reason 10 be thankful for this nights work
which may enable US to repair the greatest
wrong we have ever done. Roger Laroque
brace yourself for the greatest shock yoI
probably ever experienced. The person Wit
lies inssnsible in your wifes bed is-courage-
none other than she herself, alive, and hop
soon TO be restored 10 you. Stay, do not 9,
In there vet. She hns tainted, and it nigh
be dangerous for her to see you too suddenly
Try to wait In patience until the arrival o
the doctor. Come; you have been resigne
and patient under her supposed loss. NOV
that she is alive and found, have courage jus
q little while longer"
Roger could not, dared not, believe thei
when they told him this, and he sat like on
who has received q stunning blow upon th
head, which had benumbed all bis faculties
He remembered afterward that he ha
thought that sometimes he had heard Of sue
things-things fully as unexpected and n
mnrknble as this-and be tried to bring bin
self to hope that no chance resemblance la
| deceived these usually astute men. Then b
thought: ~ will not allow myself to eve
hope until / am sure. 1t Is impossible
II beg of you, NJ. Laroque, do not look I
frightened or unhappy. l assure you, on m
a honor as q man, and as one who has uncol
I sciously wronged both you and that po<
| Young lady lying Within that 1 am not mi
/. taken; that is your wife, beyond doubt "
y found body in the river, it is true, whie
was supposed to DO hers, but the river, yc
1 know, Is quite far from here, and 1t is Vel
k certain now that it was that OF some info
o tunate person not your wife Where she h
a been all those years, how she has return'
s and entered here, Is more than l can Cell, al
d then, besides, her presence on that balcony
r that strange cry we heard calling your nam
h Why, can you not sect Do you not feelp
l. cAlas' said Roger, in a husky whisper,
have suffered 80 much that dare not hop
d Let mo be until there Ia 10 possibility
mistake. Oh, let me see her~ JOG
o "Wait-wait just one little minute till &
" doctor comes. But how "a 1t that everythii
y is 30 clean and in such perfect order her
This house has beon uninhAbitod ever sin
your uncle took the EttlO one away. s
" may have been living ferO unknown to on
~ body all this whiloln
ar fro BE CONTINUED